But Food Truck Tuesday could change all that. By giving trucks a semi-permanent place to park in a fleet — a Food Truck Court of sorts — hungry diners will know at least one place each week to find them without having to stalk. B.J. Lofback of Riffs Fine Street Food wrangled the food truck community to the parking lot of Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee this week from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Food Truck Tuesday, which he plans to hold each week at the food bank. Ten percent of truck sales go to the hunger relief organization’s Mobile Pantry Program.

While Lofback began with three trucks this week — Happy Eating, Labor of Love and his own truck — he plans to add trucks to the roster as the event continues through September. Next week, for example, Grilled Cheeserie will participate, among others.

“B.J. reached out to me personally because I’m a foodie and have fallen in love with the food truck scene,” said Ally Parsons, marketing coordinator for Second Harvest.

Riffs Fine Street Food customer David Shearer is a fan of the community, too. But he lives in Sylvan Heights and doesn’t find food trucks in his neighborhood often. He works, however, at HealthSpring near Second Harvest in MetroCenter, where there traditionally haven’t been many lunch options, he said.

But these food-truck customers learned on Tuesday, they should act fast by arriving early. By noon, about 60 people waited and all three trucks were beginning to run out of food.

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